Dan + Shay will release the track "Her, the Kids, and Jesus" on July 24, ahead of the Aug. 21 arrival of their new album, Young. You can check out a preview on their socials.
Country Music Hall of Famer Bill Anderson will celebrate his 65th anniversary as a member of the Grand Ole Opry at Saturday's show. That makes "Whisperin' Bill" the longest standing Opry member.
Russell Dickerson's the latest guest on The Great American Sandwich Show, the podcast from lifestyle brand Taste of Home. You can check it out on YouTube.
Ashley Cooke's self-titled second album (Big Loud)
What do gold stars, a glass of wine, California, Florida, hotel keys, acoustic guitars, a journal, a pen and Geminis have to do with Ashley Cooke's self-titled sophomore album?
Well, you'll mostly have to wait until it drops Aug. 14 to find out. But the track listing should give you some clues.
The "your place" hitmaker unveiled the song titles via her socials, sporting a blue jean jacket with patches on the back to make the big reveal. Even more patches serve as the aforementioned Easter eggs, though you can't see them all in the video.
The 15-song collection includes her new radio single, "baby blues," and follows 2023's shot in the dark.
Here's the complete track listing for ashley cooke: “if i’m being honest” “high school sweetheart” “baby blues” “famous to frances” “johnny 'n june” “excuses” “dance around it” “sleepless in seattle” “man behind the glass (feat. JP Saxe)” “i'm up and i'm down” “the hell you are” “between the lines” “xs” “when we’re 30” “the girl who cried wolf”
Post Malone headlining FIFA World Cup 2026 closing ceremony (FIFA)
Post Malone will be headlining the FIFA World Cup 2026 closing ceremony.
He’ll be performing just before the final soccer match takes place at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium, known for the World Cup as the New York/New Jersey Stadium, on Sunday.
“At a time when sport, culture and global attention converge, Post Malone will deliver a performance designed to celebrate the tournament’s journey and ignite the atmosphere before the world's attention turns to the two finalists,” FIFA President Gianni Infantino said in a statement.
The closing ceremony will also feature an appearance by Tom Cruise, as well as Italian singer-songwriter Laura Pausini, American singer and actress Nicole Scherzinger, English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams and YouTube creator IShowSpeed.
Jennifer Hudson will be singing the national anthem.
The closing ceremony will begin 90 minutes before kickoff at 1:30 p.m. ET on Sunday.
Earlier in July, FIFA announced Justin Bieber as a co-headliner for the FIFA World Cup 2026 Final Halftime Show alongside Madonna, BTS and Shakira.
Music Row for MusiCares (Courtesy Eric Church Band/Essential Broadcast Media)
The Eric Church Band continues its tradition of giving back with Music Row for MusiCares, set to take place Sunday, Aug. 9, at Chief's on Broadway.
Band members Jeff Hyde and Driver Williams will be joined by songwriters Casey Beathard, Luke Dick, Jonathan Singleton and Dan Isbell for a Nashville evening of stories and songs.
Since they're also teasing special guests, you never know if the boss — in this case, The Chief — may show up.
Tickets are on sale now. Proceeds will go to MusiCares, the Grammy organization's nonprofit that helps give "health and human services to members of the music community."
Since 2012, the Eric Church Band has raised more than $3.5 million through its annual golf tourney and auction.
Carly Pearce's "What If You Loved Me" (BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville)
What if you made Carly Pearce a member of Alison Krauss & Union Station?
It's something you'll likely be able to envision once you hear Carly's new Honest Woman preview.
"Bluegrass has always been part of who I am," Carly writes on her socials. "I can’t wait for y’all to hear 'What If You Loved Me' with Molly Tuttle & Dan Tyminski this Friday."
Of course, Dan is a longtime — but former — member of AKUS, while Molly's a bluegrass star with a voice reminiscent of Alison's.
If you're so intrigued by the prospect you can't make it until Friday, Carly also posted a short snippet as a preview.
Kenny Chesney's 'Silver Sands Marina' picture disc (HEY NOW Records/TalkShopLive)
There's no photo of Kenny Chesney on the front of his 21st album. If you want to see the superstar staring back from your copy of Silver Sands Marina, you'll have to get the vinyl picture disc, which is available exclusively from TalkShopLive.
Kenny's July appearance on the platform will be his first in-depth conversation about making the record and adding three songs after it was finished.
"A lot went into making Silver Sands Marina, wanting to create something that was authentic," he explains. "It’s country. It rocks. It’s philosophical in places. But every single song takes you somewhere."
You can catch Kenny on TalkShopLive July 30 at 7 p.m. ET.
It's the only place you'll be able to get autographed copies of the Sept. 25 album, which features his top-10 hit "Carry On."
Alexandra Kay's 'Second Wind' (BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville)
Newcomer Alexandra Kay's enjoying her first U.S. hit on the radio, as "Straight for the Heart" currently sits at #27 on the Mediabase chart.
The nontraditional breakup tune is one of only two songs she didn't have a hand in writing on her 14-track sophomore album, Second Wind.
"'Straight for the Heart' is about a relationship ending and basically just saying to your partner, 'If you're going to end this, make it bad. Make sure I'm never gonna love you again,'" she explains. "And I think that there is so much strength in that sentiment. And I think it helps to tell this story of confidence and strength really well."
"Straight for the Heart" isn't her first radio hit, however. She had a top-10 hit in Canada in 2025 with "How Do You Miss Me," a duet with Canadian artist Dallas Smith. Alexandra is from Waterloo, Illinois.
If you happened to watch the Netflix series Westside in 2018, Alexandra was probably already on your radar, since she was one of nine performers on the music reality show.
Mitchell Tenpenny's Speed of Light Tour (Courtesy Mitchell Tenpenny/Schmidt Relations)
Mitchell Tenpenny will continue touring at the Speed of Light this fall.
The "Drunk Me" hitmaker's adding 14 dates to his schedule, starting Sept. 18 in Des Moines, Iowa. He'll wrap Nov. 21 in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire.
Presales for Mitchell's Night Owl fan club are underway now, with tickets becoming available to the public Friday.
He resumes the current leg of the tour July 24 in Elizabeth, Indiana.
The Speed of Light Tour takes its name from Mitchell's most recent new song, which he wrote with Teddy Swims.
Of course, that's not the only big event happening for Mitchell this autumn. That's when he and wife Meghan Patrick are expecting their first child, a daughter.
Dierks Bentley's headed for Las Vegas to do two shows the week of the National Finals Rodeo.
The "Drunk on a Plane" hitmaker will play the BleauLive Theater at Fontainebleau Las Vegas on Friday, Dec. 4, and Saturday, Dec. 5.
Presales for the concerts start Wednesday, before tickets go on sale to the public Friday.
So far in 2026 Dierks has played stadiums on Luke Combs' tour, and this week he finishes up his last three dates on the Off the Map Tour. He plays Wilmington, North Carolina, on Thursday; Charleston, South Carolina, on Friday; and wraps Saturday in St. Augustine, Florida.
Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean, Tim McGraw, Riley Green, Bailey Zimmerman, Rascal Flatts, Brad Paisley and The Red Clay Strays all have Sin City shows around that time, as well.
Shania Twain performs during an intimate show for fans at The Shacklewell Arms on June 6, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for ABA)
Shania Twain missed Taylor Swift’s wedding and it’s all Harry Styles’ fault.
Shania tells Canada’s eTalk that opening for Harry — who coincidentally happens to be Taylor’s ex-boyfriend — prevented her from attending Taylor and Travis Kelce’s nuptials at Madison Square Garden on July 3.
“Taylor Swift invited me to her wedding,” Shania said. “I couldn’t go because I was already committed to Harry’s shows. So that’s why I say that, it’s just kind of funny that that happened that way.”
She was opening for Harry during his record-breaking Together, Together shows at London’s Wembley Stadium that weekend.
Shania said she would have “done anything to be at Taylor’s wedding ... that would have been really lovely for me to be there.”
“But I was with Harry, so that’s why I’m saying if Harry ever gets married and he wants me at his wedding ... he’s going to have to ask me more in advance,” she joked.
Kenny Chesney's "American Kids" Bus Pop-Up Experience (Courtesy Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum)
The colorful bus from Kenny Chesney's "American Kids" video and the cover of The Big Revival album will be on display in Nashville the opening weekend of his new exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
The "American Kids" Bus Pop-Up Experience will take place in Walk of Fame Park, right across from the Hall, from Wednesday, July 22, through Sunday, July 26.
The exhibit Kenny Chesney: Living in Fast Forward opens on July 23 and runs through June 2027.
Kenny and his friends hand-painted the bus back in 2014 for the video and album cover. There'll be photo ops in the park, prizes and games, all free and open to the public as part of the pop-up.
You'll also be able to print your own poster from Hatch Show Print. On opening day, museum visitors will be able to design their own paper version of the bus in the Taylor Swift Education Center.
Tim McGraw's Pawn Shop Guitar Tour is now fully underway, after its kickoff Thursday at New Jersey's Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.
He also played the first of three stadium dates with The Chicks and Lady A Saturday in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The other two are July 30 at Boston's Fenway Park and Aug. 23 at Target Field in Minneapolis.
Regular tour openers 49 Winchester and Timothy Wayne are on the stadium dates, as well.
The first half of Tim's show features an unplugged set with his full band, meant to evoke the clubs he played early in his career. Full production returns in the second act, with a setlist that includes his biggest hits, a few deep cuts and his two newest songs, "Pawn Shop Guitar' and "Song for America."
Also during his shows, Tim's giving a young audience member a pawn shop guitar he bought in their city. That's significant since the tour's namesake song is about the instrument Tim used to start his career.
This week the Pawn Shop Guitar Tour plays Toronto on Thursday, with stops in Ohio on Friday and Pennsylvania on Saturday. The trek wraps Sept. 26 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Hudson Westbrook's Hits Me Tour (Courtesy Hudson Westbrook/The Lede Company)
Hudson Westbrook will kick off his fall headlining run with two sold-out shows Sept. 18 and 19 at Billy Bob's in Fort Worth, Texas.
The Hits Me Tour takes its name from Hudson's recently released new song and will wrap Dec. 5 in Nacogdoches, Texas.
The 24-date trek includes the "House Again" hitmaker's first headlining shows in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., New York and Boston.
Kenny Whitmire and Ethan Burdick will open the shows, with tickets going on sale Friday.
So far this year, Hudson's opened for Bailey Zimmerman, Morgan Wallen, George Strait and Miranda Lambert, while playing fairs, festivals and his own dates.
John Osborne & TJ Osborne (Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images)
As Brothers Osborne recently pointed out on social media, it's been more than 1,000 days since they put out their most recent album, their eponymous effort from 2023.
"We've been working for a long time to get new music out. We almost put music out, but it didn't feel right, so we went back in the studio," TJ Osborne recently said backstage at CMA Fest.
He went on to echo the other aspect revealed in their Instagram post: It's a return to their roots.
"It's an album that's really kinda dedicated to our hometown where we're from, which is Deale, Maryland. It's a small water town, and so a lot of the songs are really kinda based around that, telling the story not only of our town, but kinda letting people know what we're about," he added.
"I think, even though we've been doing this for as long as we have, some people are confused why we're from Maryland and play country music. So hopefully this answers those questions."
If you simply can't wait for the new Brothers album, you can check out TJ and John Osborne's cover of Tom Petty's "Runnin' Down a Dream," which came out in June and is from a new racing documentary.
"More Hearts Than Mine" hitmaker Ingrid Andress will launch her Nowhere Else to Go Tour Sept. 9 in Boise, Idaho, as she readies her third studio album.
Luke Bryan is the latest headliner revealed for the 15th annual Gulf Coast Jam that takes place June 3-6, 2027, in Panama City Beach, Florida. He joins Jason Aldean and two more performers who will be announced in the coming weeks.
The Grand Ole Opry is offering a $25 discount on select July and August shows purchased through July 24 as part of its Opry 100 celebration.
Drew Baldridge's 'FARM FAITH FAMILY' (BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville)
Drew Baldridge is serving "Maker's Mark" as he releases the first song from the FAITH chapter of his upcoming album.
The "She's Somebody's Daughter" hitmaker co-wrote the new song that features Anne Wilson.
"'Maker's Mark' is one of my favorite songs on the record," Drew says. "At its core, it's about the legacy a person leaves behind. That means loving others, giving back, and living with purpose and compassion. It's a reminder to live like Jesus and leave a positive impact wherever life takes you, because above all else, being a good person matters most."
You can check out the song's new music video, which was shot in the foothills of Tennessee on a property previously owned by Alan Jackson.
Meghan Patrick & Mitchell Tenpenny (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
Meghan Patrick may currently be off the road as she awaits the birth of their first child, but she's making good on her promise to keep working as much as she can.
She's just put out her first new music since the release of the deluxe Golden Child (The Final Chapter), named for her top-20 hit.
“'I Sure Hope So' is about that moment of karmic deliverance where a happy and healed version of you runs into the person who nearly destroyed you," Meghan says. "The one who broke your heart more than once but you still went back for more just to be hurt again, all because you didn't love yourself enough to know you deserved better."
“But that was the old you," she continues, "and it's clear the new version of you has changed, and they've noticed too. As they study your face searching for any sign of the 'old you,' they tease, 'You've changed'… you smile triumphantly and say, 'I sure hope so,' because you know that insecure girl they're looking for is long gone, and never coming back.”
Of course, the long-awaited baby is also the first child for Mitchell Tenpenny, who tied the knot with Meghan in October 2022.
Jason Aldean is sticking around at the top, as "Don't Tell on Me" notches a second week at #1 on Billboard's Country Airplay ranking.
It's his first multiweek #1 since "Trouble with a Heartbreak" stayed at the top for three weeks in May 2022. Overall, it's his 13th chart-topper to stay for two weeks or more.
The Georgia native now has 27 number ones, giving him the fourth most trips to the pinnacle in the chart's history. He'd previously been tied with Luke Bryan, Alan Jackson and George Strait for the honor.
Kenny Chesney has the most with 33, while Blake Shelton's 30 puts him at #2. Tim McGraw's at #3 with 29 chart-toppers.
Overall, this is Jason's 50th Country Airplay entry.
John Osborne & TJ Osborne (Ed Rode/Getty Images for Spotify)
There's new music on the way from Brothers Osborne, and it has something to do with their hometown.
"1,030 days since our last full body of work. The wait is almost over," the duo wrote on Instagram Sunday. The post includes a montage of John Osborne and TJ Osborne exploring the place they grew up, with an atmospheric music bed in the background.
The clip starts with the siblings at Deale Volunteer Fire Department, then a Maryland Route 2 road sign. "Brothers Osborne: Deale, Maryland: Population 5,237" is emblazoned on video of a pier, presumably on Chesapeake Bay.
The number 20751 then appears over more footage shot on the water. It's the town's ZIP code. Then there's a view of a boat named The Wild Goose, with John and TJ heading out on the water.
While that's the extent of the info for now, it has indeed been just over 1,000 days since Brothers Osborne released their self-titled album on Sep. 15, 2023.
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